“It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“Wage war on death. Live for love.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“But sometimes imperfect tools lead us toward perfect ends.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“But what was possible or practical had been replaced by a far baser impulse. Hope.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“You'll have to learn to control your emotions. They're new, like achild's now, bursting with passion. Never let them fade, or part of you will die. But they cal also destroy you. Hold them dear, but don't let them take hold of you.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“Yes, I drank some of the ancient blood and it changed me. If I'm right...If the vellum is right, the world is dead. Everyone! But I was brought back to life by the blood.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“In the space of so many scant hours, a new world had lifted the hem of her skirts before him. A world of seething pleasures and sweaty rage.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Forbidden
“Had I crossed the pass
Supported by a stick,
I would have spared myself
The fall from the horse.”
― Matsuo Bashō, quote from Backroads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal
“With Tom, there had never been a door to close, only the grass to lie on, never a bed; no walls, no ceiling to shut them in - or others out. Only the moon to see them, only the moon, some stars and whatever it was that had flown up out of the field when Ede had cried 'don't' in the final seconds of their embrace. Don't - meaning don't withdraw.”
― Timothy Findley, quote from The Piano Man's Daughter
“Начинът, по който старият Азуреус посрещаше своите гости, можеше преспокойно да бъде уподобен на рапсодия без думи. Възторжено сияещ, той бавно и нежно поемаше ръката ти в меките си длани, задържаше я така, сякаш това е някакво отдавна търсено съкровище или врабче, цялото пух и с лудо блъскащо сърчице, вглеждаше се в теб с влажно безмълвие, не с очите, а по-скоро със заобикалящите ги лъчи на бръчиците, а после бавно-бавно сребристата усмивка започваше да се стапя, нежните стари ръце постепенно отпускаха хватката си, пламтящата светлина на деликатното му бледо лице биваше сменене от празно и нищо не говорещи изражение, и той отстъпваше далеч от теб, сякаш неволно се е припознал, като че ли все пак ти изобщо не си обичания, този любим, който в следващия момент той ще съзре в другия ъгъл на стаята и усмивката отново щеше да грейне, ръцете отново щяха да обгърнат врабчето, и после отново всичко щеше да се стопи и изчезне.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, quote from Bend Sinister
“didn't think of it.” She supposed she should have”
― Iris Johansen, quote from The Killing Game
“Oh boy. Too drunk to hold on to a whiskey and Coke and the word "pretty." That's not a combination with a positive outcome. Not good at all. That's the secret password that usually leaves me trying to find a ride home in the morning.”
― Laurie Notaro, quote from Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
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